I toured a BD production line yesterday and found out that the BD line uses 60% more raw plastic than the HD-DVD or DVD production lines. This is very concerning given that the studios are apparently trying to go "green". This should be looked into by the EPA. I am sure that the studios do not want to waste 2x the amount of materials and further polute the enviroment. I think that they do not understand the enviromental impacts of their apparent decisions.

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:rolleyes:

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I'm very much a "pro green" person, but seriously.

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Now where's the 60% come from? Is it from the failed discs due to low yields, or Blu-Ray discs have higher density (I mean actually plastic density)? I believe BD has the exact same diameter has regular DVDs so I am curious where the 60% come from.

HD Post Statement on its continued support for HD-DVD
I would like to state that we have 20+ titles that will be released this year. We will continue to support the format. We would like to thank all of the AVS forum members for their support in 2007 and we look forward to their continued support in 2008.

Having worked at WHV for 5 years I know that employee turnover rates are very high. Watch for a complete reversal on their stance within 3 weeks. The group of WHV execs who have authorized these exclusivity statements will most likely be moving on soon. It appears that they overstepped their bounds in releasing the statement last week.

Thank you AVS!

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Somehow, I doubt this poster's claims.

I did not ask where the 60% is used. I think that the substrate layer contains more plastic. I am definately an HD-DVD supporter as you pointed out. But this is beyond argument. Same spec for both formats. One uses 60% more harmful product to produce. Why would I not prefer HD-DVD.:)

I detect a lock coming soon.

"a lock coming soon..."

Well only if we have any plastic left over after its all being sucked up by blue ray production. Hey, where did my mouse go?

I feel sorry for you.
You don't even know what you're talking about.

In before lock :) (I've always wanted to do that)

In after xradman but before lock. (He's not the only one with ambitions)

I too would like to know where that "60% more plastic" is on my BD's.....exact same size as my HD-DVD's and the only difference is that BD's are smooth on the edges while the HD-DVD simply looks/feels like a regular dvd.

When I hold a BD and an HD-DVD in my hand the BD is physically lighter.(you can hardly tell, but there is a difference)

How would combos differ, I mean they are literally using twice the materials.

Someone should have thought about the environmental impact of this thread.

And why would any company come out and say that they use more of any material? In any industry?

Consider this, BR with its film sill last a lot longer then DVD especailly if you got kids.

Thanks for the information. Congrats to those that got in before the lock.